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Students: Midterms, Low Grades Infringe on Our Activism 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
The Week reports that more than 1,300 “students at Oberlin College are asking the school to put academics on the back burner so they can better turn their attention to activism.” Particularly offensive to students are midterms essays (they’d prefer a conversation with their professor, they say) and grades below a C. Now, one might
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What Tocqueville Would Think about Modern Job Jumping 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
Ever feel that Americans are increasingly on the go? If so, those feelings were recently confirmed, at least in terms of profession. A study by LinkedIn found that: “The new normal is for Millennials to jump jobs four times in their first decade out of college. That’s nearly double the bouncing around the generation before
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You Don’t Need a “Passion Project,” You Need a Purpose 0
- Culture
- May 26, 2016
Not long ago, I listened to a thirty-year-old man tell his much older and newly-retired parent, “You need to find your passion.” Really? “Maybe he just wants to enjoy the scenery a while, hang out with his grandkids, and read some books on the beach,” I thought. But evidently I’m in the minority these days. It
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Healthy: Let Your Beliefs Be Challenged 0
- Culture
- May 26, 2016
One of the more frustrating things for me is when supposedly educated people refuse to tolerate challenges to their beliefs. Either they rebuff all tough questions with a desire not to discuss potentially controversial subjects. Or they quickly become angry and quash any chance for civil dialogue. Or, they resort to a mindless repetition of
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Are Schools Promoting Creativity… or Obedience?0
- Culture
- May 26, 2016
In an article for The Guardian, an executive for international marketing and public relations company Ogilvy & Mather made the observation that: “Creativity is the most powerful competitive advantage a business can have. Companies need to fizz with new ideas and fresh thinking. But there’s a problem – there just aren’t enough fizzy people around.”
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Are Today’s Conservatives Actually ‘Conservative’?0
- Culture
- May 26, 2016
It is common in political discourse these days to pit “conservatives” against “liberals.” The former ideological group, we are told by the media, are in crisis, while the latter group is in the ascendant in American culture and politics. And self-designated conservatives have repeatedly let us know that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is not
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Students: Midterms, Low Grades Infringe on Our Activism 0